I was thinking about this the other day. I can not remember a time in my life when I did not love horses. I was not around them as a young child; I rode for the first time at age 11. But even when I was very small, before ever meeting a horse in person, I was obsessed. I had Barbies mainly to ride my Breyers and Grand Champions. I would only ( Read more... )

It's been an odd week for Gali already, with the earthquake shaking up New Jersey, but it's about to get stranger when a Category 2/3 Hurricane slams the state on Sunday ( Read more... )

Hey guys, I've got some pretty bad photos of me riding, and although there was a lot of good ones too where my position looks really nice, there are some glaring flaws in my riding that need fixing. My main problem is I have a pretty bad chair seat. Because I KNOW its there, I'm constantly trying to correct it while I'm riding, and a lot of the ( Read more... )

Hi everyone!  I was curious to hear about experiences with Natural Horsemanship and why you think it did or did not work with the horse it was tried on.  I am not looking for opinions on what you think about NH as a whole, but you could delve into why think certain methods do or do not work.  Examples can be personal experiences or things you've ( Read more... )

Doing some late night thinking, maybe someone here will have the answer ( Read more... )

For the community members from America, how did your horse(s) do this Independence Day? Were they scared by the fireworks? Did you do anything special to try to keep them calm, or stick to the same ol' routine ( Read more... )

So I was out in the paddock with my elderly brumby gelding the other day, rugging and feeding (we're in winter here in Australia) when I got to thinking. What would you do ( Read more... )

I'm assembling a first aid kit to keep at the barn and I'm wondering what other people have in theirs ( Read more... )

What do you guys think of Turnout Boots? Unnecessary bubble wrap, or safety essential?

As a brief introduction, I'm the community moderator who owns the Polish Arab cross and is currently in law school in Oregon. As such, I'm getting more and more involved with Equine Law issues and have volunteered my time to help protect owners in need of legal help and other things ( Read more... )